Sealing device for fruit-jars



(No Model.)

J. LEGAN.

SEALING DEVICE FOR FRUIT JARS.

No. 398,633. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

INVENTOR/ WITNESSES.

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rrnn STATES JOHIX LEGAN, OF XENIA, OHIO.

SEALING DEVICE FOR FRUIT=JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,633, dated. February 26, 1889.

Application filed November 21, 1888. $erial No. 291,433. (No modeld To all 107mm [1 may concern..-

ie it known that I, .IOHN IlEGAN, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Devices for Ilruit-Jars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for hermetically scaling fruit; or other jars. This object I attain by means of the device herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Such drawings are to be considered a part of this application, similar letters of reference referring to similar parts in both views.

Figure l is a side elevation of a jar, showing my improvmnen ts attached thereto. Fig. L shows the parts of Fig. l separated from each other.

A A are adjustable clamps, so bent as to somewhat; resemble the letter S, having at their upper ends a hole, a, to receive the setscrew 0. Such clamps A A also have a shoulder, a which rests upon the lid of the jar, and loop a at their lower ends, intended for the purpose of receiving the adjustable band B, as shown. The adjustable band B is intended to tit snugly around the neck of the jar by means of the set-screw c, and fit into the loop a of clamps A A.

My invention is operated by adjusting the loop a around the adjustable band B at opposite sides oi the jar and placing the setscrew 0 into position in screw-holes a, thus bringing the upper ends of clamps A A nearer together, and by such means cause a clownward pressure of shoulders (1 upon the lid of i the jar. A rubber band, yielding wax,or other suitable material, maybe used under the rim 1 of the lid. l I am aware that Letters Patent No. 365,592, 1 of date of June 28, 1887, were granted to one Gaynor for clamping device, which, on first inspection, might be regarded as having features in common with my invention; but a- Careful comparison of the two cases will at once disclose the fact that a great difference exists, and especially in that part of the clamps resting on the lid of the jar, and referred to in my case as shoulders a In the case of Gaynor, above cited, the part forming the fulcrum (the part resting on the lid of the jar) is so bent as to form an acute an gle, while in my invention this corresponding part (shoulder a is so bent as to form almost a semicircle. I claim that the above-noted difference produces results that make my invention greatly superior to that of Gaynors. As instanced in my case,when the ends of the clamps are drawn together by the action of set-screw C, a yielding spring-like action is produced throughout the entire clamp, while in the case of Gaynor the action is more rigid and is almost wholly confined to the fulcrum or shoulder.

Having described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The S-shaped clamps AA, in combination with set-screw C and adjustable band B, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose named.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEGAN.

Witn esses:

E. C. FLEMING, ABNER S. BUCK. 

